Receptacle for holding nails



(No Model.)

P. F. SPATH & A. L. REMICK.

REGEPTAGLE FOR HOLDING NAILS.

No. 358,985. Patented Dec. 7, 1-886.

QINITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER F. SPATH AND ABRAHAM L. REMICK, OF DASSEL, MINNESOTA.

RECEPTACLE FQR HOLDING NAILS.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,985. dated December 7, 1886.

, Application filed April 30,-1886. Serial No. 200,051. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, PETER F. SPATH and ABRAHAM L. Ramon, ofDassel, in the county of Meeker andState of Minnesota, have invented certain Improvements in Receptacles for Holding Nails, of which the following is a specification. p

This invention relates to improvements in a device, designed particularly as an attachment to a blacksmiths shoeing-stand, for hold ing nails, but applicable generally for holding articles of various kinds.

The invention consists, generally, in the construction and combination hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of a blacksmiths stand having our improved nail-holder applied thereto. Fig. 2is a transverse section on line a: 00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar section on line y 3 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, 2 represents an ordinary shoeing-stand. Formed on or secured to one end ofthis stand is a casing, 3, which incloses the nail-holder. A rod or shaft, 5, is mounted in the casing 3, and is provided on one end with a handle, 7. Secured to this shaft is a cylindrical drum, 9, having a series of compartments, 11, that are open at the outside or periphery of the drum. The drum projects through an opening in the top of the casing 3. Acurved plate,13,is secured within the casing, and extends around and incloses the portion of the drum that is Within the casing.

Mounted upon the shaft 5 is a cover, 15, that extends over the edge of the drum and covers the compartment that is'uppermost, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. A spring, 17, has one end secured to the casing.and its free end bears against a lug on the cover 15. This spring tends to hold the cover in a closed position, as shown in Fig. 2. A pendulum, 19, is pivoted on the wall of the casing, and is providedwith a catch, 21, on its upper end. A lug, 23, is formed on or secured to the cover.

when the cover is pushed back to the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2,

the projection 23 is engaged by the catch 21,

and the cover is held in this position. The uppermost compartment is then exposed, and the articles therein can be removed.

Should the stand he accidentally tipped over, the pendulum will release the cover, which will be immediately closed by the spring 17, and thereby the nails or other articles in the upper or open compartments are prevented from spilling. By turning the drum any one of the compartments may he brought to the top and exposed.

\Vhen used with a blacksmiths stand, the. several compartments are supplied with nails of different sizes, the drum is turned to bring the desired size of nails to the top, and the cover is pushed back and held by the pendulum-catch. By tilting the stand the cover is released and. closes, whether the stand be tilted accidentally or for the purpose of closing the cover.

Instead ot'bcing used with the stand, as here shown, the device may be provided with a suitable independent casing, and may be used for storing or holding any articles for which it is adapted.

\Ve claim as our invention- 1. The combination, with the casing 3, ofthe drum having the series of compartments 11,

the horizontal shaft 5, upon which said drum is secured, the curved plate 13, extending around said drum and covering all but one of said compartments, and the swinging cover 15, turning upon the axis of the drum and arranged to cover the opening in the plate 13, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the casing 3, of the drum mounted on the shaft 5 and having the series of compartments 11, the curved plate 13, extending around said drum, with an opening at the top, the spring-actuated cover 15, having the lug 23, and the pendulum 19, having the catch 21, all substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 22d day of April, 1886.

PETER F. SPATH. ABRAHAM L. REMICK. In presence of- L. W. LEIGHTON, J. M. JOHNSON. 

